The game Cluedo – or Clue in America – was created in 1944 by Anthony Pratt, a solicitor’s clerk in Birmingham, England. The first version of the game was published in 1949 by the Waddington company, based in Leeds. Hasbro eventually bought out Waddington, and now publishes Clue all over the world. Miss Scarlet, Mrs. Read More …
From Chapter 1 of Close to Home: “I have a problem,” I told Dix. “I’m sorry to hear that,” my brother answered, his voice as clear in my ear as if he were sitting right next to me instead of a couple of counties over. “What’s your problem?” The emphasis told me I wasn’t the Read More …
From chapter 5-ish: Savannah’s first meeting with Jorge Pena: I turned toward the curb and the pale blue Volvo. Only to stop after a few steps when I saw that Mrs. Jenkins wasn’t alone. For just a second—less; half a second, maybe—my heart stuttered in my chest at the sight of the man leaning on Read More …
A few pages from chapter 2 of Contract Pending for your enjoyment: Chapter 2 “Spicer and Truman found her walking down the street in her housecoat and slippers,” Detective Grimaldi said twenty minutes later. I had driven hell for leather into downtown, found a parking space a block and a half from Police Plaza, and Read More …
Here’s the last little tidbit from Hot Property; Savannah is sitting her first open house since her friend Lila was murdered, and she’s a mite nervous that the Open House Bandits will pay her a visit: I was still in the kitchen, looking at my list of names, when I heard the sound of an Read More …
